Captain H. Cotton Minchin; Various — The Legion Book

London, Privately Printed, 1929. Cloth. A signed limited edition work celebrating the Royal British Legion, an illustrated work with contributions by Vita Sackville-West and Winston Churchill. A limited edition work, limited to six hundred copies, of which only five hundred were for sale; this copy is numbered one-hundred and ninty-nine.Signed by the editor to the limitation page.An anthology published in aid of the British Legion a few years after its foundation.Illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page, nine collotypes, and nine full-paged illustrations.Collated, complete.The British Legion is a charity providing support to the veterans of the British Armed Forces. Thus this is a poignant work published in support of the veterans of World War One.This anthology contains a myriad of works by many influential authors, such as 'Scarlatt' by Hugh Walpole, 'The English way' by Rudyard Kipling, 'Earl Haig' by Winston Churchill, 'The Cicadas' by Aldous Huxley, 'Disentangling Old Percy' by P. G. Wodehouse, 'The Scotch Rhapsody from 'Facade'' by Edith Sitwell, 'Black Tarn' by Vita Sackville-West', and more.With illustrations by Sir Arthur Cope, William Nicholson, Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, David Low, and more. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a couple of light handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .